Contending with Modernity: Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century

by Philip Gleason

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How did Catholic colleges and universities deal with the modernization of education and the rise of research universities? In this book, Philip Gleason offers the first comprehensive study of Catholic higher education in the twentieth century, tracing the evolution of responses to an increasingly secular educational system. At the beginning of the century, Catholics accepted modernization in the organizational sphere while resisting it ideologically...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195098285

ISBN13:9780195098280

Release Date:December 1995

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

20th Century Catholicism Christian Books & Bibles Christianity Church History College & University Comparative Education Education & Reference Education Theory History History & Theory Law Legal Theory & Systems Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Textbooks

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